Greetings. It's time for the first Formula 1 race in Europe for the 2008 season, in Catalunya, Spain.

At the Saturday qualifying, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took the pole at the very last time, sending away his rival Renault's Fernando Alonso to the second grid position. Meanwhile, Kimi's team mate Felipe Massa had to start from the second row beside BMW's Robert Kubica. The McLaren duo, however, got the third row, with Lewis Hamilton on fifth grid.

As the light went off, Kimi ran his car a bit slowly, although it's still a 'good' start, as he blocked up Fernando's way. Felipe did an excellent start, and managed to pass Fernando on Turn 1. Hamilton fourth, Kubica fifth.

At the middle of lap 1, suddenly there was a yellow flag and then, followed by a Safety Car. Apparently, an accident involving Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Sutil was happened. Sutil's car seemed to had collided with David Coulthard's , but I didn't really pay attention to what happened with Vettel.

Lap 4, the race restarted as the Safety Car went back to the place where it belong to.

Lap 8, Nelson Piquet Jr gone wide when trying to pass Sebastian Bourdais. He was forced to retire, while Bourdais had to have his first pit-stop. Yellow flag.

Lap 9, Bourdais retired as Anthony Davidson pitted. Ant himself seemed to have some problem, and sadly, he had to be retired from the race.

Lap 11, Kimi was 3 s ahead of Felipe. Alonso was predicted to enter the pit on lap 16 or so.

Lap 13, Kimi was first on the fastest lap qualification.

Lap 14, the yellow flag finally of. Kimi still led the race.

Lap 16, Renault mechanics were getting ready for Alonso, who pitted one lap after that for 9,3 s. He rejoined in eleventh place.

Lap 20, Felipe entered his white box. 8,1 s and rejoined eighth.

Lap 21, Kimi in the pit box, 8,2 s. Webber, Lewis also pitted.

Lap 22, Lewis was running in sixth place, while a severe accident befell his team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen, in turn 9. Heikki seemed to have a problem with his tire (I forgot which one, but as far as I can remember, it's on the front), and then losing control, and then... Bum! He hit the tire barrier so hard. *sighs* Yellow flag.

Lap 23, Safety Car and Medical Car all out.

Lap 25, Nick Heidfeld pitted. He was supposed to get penalised, because the pit lane isn't officially opened yet--at least until the end of the lap. Heikki's manager and trainer were said to be going down to the medical center.

Lap 26, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, and Kazuki Nakajima entered their white box at the same time. Nick will be penalised after the Safety Car get in.

Lap 27, Barrichello seemed to have some problem with his front wing, as it broken and detached from his car along the way, and he was forced to had another stop to replace the nose. Heikki was getting evacuated, and he seems to be 'okay'. Well, hope Heikki's alright.

Lap 28, SC in, and the race restarted. Kimi leads.

Lap 30, there are debris in the middle of the track. Penalty for Nick Heidfeld was announced: Stop and Go Penalty for refuelling when the pit lane as not open. News from medical center: Heikki was stable.

Lap 34, Nick took his penalty, and dropped down to 16.

Lap 35, Alonso suddenly drove his car so slowly, and retired because of engine problem. His engine was burned, and yellow flag was on. Again. Was this day a day full of nightmare for Renault?

Lap 36, Rubens out, probably because a problem with his car. Kimi set another fastest lap.

Now, it's 9 laps remaining, the stewards said that Heikki was still alright and he'll be racing in Istanbul. The incident between Glock and Dc will be investigated after the race.

4 laps remaining, Kimi still led the race, while in the middle of the pack, DC passed Sato for 12th place.

In the end, Kimi Raikkonen won the Spanish Grand Prix, leading his team mate Felipe Massa and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. The rest point earners were as the following: Robert Kubica, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Kazuki Nakajima, and Jarno Trulli. A perfect day for Kimi (though he had a 'not very good' start), as he secured the pole position, won the race, and set the fastest lap of the day.

Anyway... Get better soon, Heikki! *cross fingers*

Articles from F1.com, as usual. Credits to all the kind-hearted F1 reporters.

Hello again, guys! This time, we're going to Istanbul, where Rubens Barrichello is going to celebrate his 257 GP starts with a special cockpit design. Also, Ferrari's sporting director, Stefano Domenicalli, is celebrating his 43th birthday. Will he get a birthday present from the Ferrari boys today? Who knows?

Anyway, there's a sad news from Super Aguri. They had withdrawn from the competition, sadly, because of financial problem. Too bad. Well, there's a good news, too, as Heikki Kovalainen is now healthy and ready to race. Welcome back, Heikki!

And~ The qualifying. Ferrari's Felipe Massa secured the pole, his three times in a row. Second is McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, followed by Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.

Onto the race. As the light goes off, Felipe Massa led the race in front of Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica, and Heikki Kovalainen. The reigning world champion, Kimi Raikkonen seemed to be struggling at the start and had to lost two place to sixth, behind former world champion Fernando Alonso. Meanwhile, at the back of the pack, Giancarlo Fisichella hit the back of Kazuki Nakajima's car and they both had to retired from the race. Safety Car was out on the track until the end of lap 2.

Lap 3, the race restarted, and Felipe still leads. Heikki entered the pit due to tire puncture, apparently because Kimi's front wing touched it back then. He rejoined 18th, anyway. Kimi passed Alonso easily at the straight line.

Lap 5, Felipe set a fastest lap.

Lap 11, Lewis set a new fastest lap, while Heikki was chasing Sutil down.

Lap 17, Lewis pitted for 6,4 s and rejoined sixth. Heikki overtook someone, and in the pitwall, there's a board for Kubica which states 'USE LLT'. Dunno what, it just made me curious..

Lap 19, Webber, Kubica and Felipe entered their respective white box. Webber rejoined behind Alonso, while Felipe went back to the track in front of Hamilton. Kubica himself rejoined in fifth place after 8,7 s in the pit. Kimi now led the race.

Lap 21, Kimi set a new fastest lap.

Lap 22, Kimi pitted. 8,6 s and rejoined third.

Lap 24, Lewis was fighting with Felipe. They went side-by-side, and Lewis take the lead.

This is Felipe third consecutive win at Turkey, and it puts him back to the title fight, also closes the gap between Kimi's points and his (also Lewis') points. Kimi leads the championship with 35 points, while Felipe ties Lewis with 28 points in second place.

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we too are like flowers that bloom in places
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and each and everyone of us carries a different seed
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none are the same as one another.
There's no need to be No. 1
you've always been a very special only one.